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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3957 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to develop a strategy to 

improve the sharing of information and intelligence on foreign adversary 

tactics and illicit activities affecting the ability of United States persons 

to compete in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating to energy generation and storage, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 14, 2024 

Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. LANKFORD, 

Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select 

Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to develop 

a strategy to improve the sharing of information and 

intelligence on foreign adversary tactics and illicit activities affecting the ability of United States persons to 

compete in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating to 

energy generation and storage, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MA2 NIPULATIVE ADVERSARY PRACTICES IN 

3 CRITICAL MINERAL PROJECTS. 

4 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

6 of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the 

7 heads of such Federal agencies as the Director considers 

8 appropriate, develop a strategy to improve the sharing be9 tween the Federal Government and private entities of in10 formation and intelligence to mitigate the threat that for11 eign adversary illicit activities and tactics pose to United 

12 States persons in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating 

13 to energy generation and storage, including with respect 

14 to critical minerals inputs. 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

16 (a) shall cover— 

17 (1) how best to assemble and transmit informa18 tion to United States persons— 

19 (A) to protect against foreign adversary il20 licit tactics and activities relating to critical 

21 mineral projects abroad, including foreign ad22 versary efforts to undermine such United States 

23 projects abroad; 

24 (B) to mitigate the risk that foreign adver25 sary government involvement in the ownership 

26 and control of entities engaging in deceptive or 


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1 illicit activities pose to the interests of the 

2 United States; and 

3 (C) to inform on economic espionage and 

4 other threats from foreign adversaries to the 

5 rights of owners of intellectual property, includ6 ing owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, 

7 and trade secrets, and other sensitive informa8 tion, with respect to such property; and 

9 (2) how best to receive information from United 

10 States persons on threats to United States interests 

11 in the critical mineral space, including 

12 disinformation campaigns abroad or other suspicious 

13 malicious activity. 

14 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later 

15 than 30 days after the date on which the Director com16 pletes developing the strategy pursuant to subsection (a), 

17 the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence 

18 committees (as defined in section 3 of the National Secu19 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), or provide such com20 mittees a briefing on, a plan for implementing the strat21 egy. 

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